The Mockingbirds
There are two bands by the name "The Mockingbirds:" 1) The Mockingbirds were formed by Graham Gouldman in late 1964, following the breakup of the earlier Whirlwinds. The lineup included two fellow members of that band, bassist Bernard Basso and guitarist Steve Jacobsen, plus drummer Kevin Godley from another recently disbanded Manchester group, the Sabres. The stage was set for perhaps Britain's greatest should have but didn't band of the mid-'60s.
Sick Rebel
London based producer Sick Rebel co-founded Blood Tribe Records in late 2007. His roots in electro/breaks form the backbone of this psychedelic infused dubstep output. Recent shows have seen him share the bill with Planet Mu's Milanese and Ital Tek as well as label mates Nagual Sound Experiment/Slew. His first release 'Regrets'/'Haze' is out on 12" and digital download and is currently receiving global radio play.
The Barron Knights
The Barron Knights is a British humorous pop group, originally formed in 1959 in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire as The Knights of the Round Table. They became the Barron Knights on 5 October 1960. Although the Barron Knights undoubtedly had their own style and produced regular 'beat group' recordings in their own right, it was their production of humorous parodies that brought them the greatest success.
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The Outsiders
There are several artists named The Outsiders (11 are mentioned here): (1) The Outsiders were a sixties beat band from Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Formed in 1960 as a neighbourhood band from Amsterdam East, The Outsiders became one of the most succesful Dutch groups of the 1960s. They made some lastingly great records and never recorded anyone else's material, with singer Wally Tax writing the lyrics and guitarist Ron Splinter the music for nearly all of the twelve 45s and three LPs they made.
Zippo
psychedelic, experimental stoner rockers from italy, influenced by the likes of Kyuss, Black Sabbath, Sleep, Cathedral, Isis, Pelican, Electric Wizard, Mastodon, Explosion In The Sky or Tool; www.zippoband.it, www.myspace.com/zippomusic 2.) A rock band from Split, Croatia. They were active in late 80s. The vocalist was Goran Karan.
BabyShaker
There are two bands called Babyshaker, one of them is a stoner rock band that appears on the surf tribute Jesus Christ Surferstar. The other one is electronic music producer Gavin Hislop.
Blatwax
Blatwax is Blajke Eyles, a 21 year old promoter/dj/producer based in Brisbane. Resident dj/promoter for Deep Space Entertainment and founding member of Elastic (Melting Moments), Blajke has spent the last year concentrating his efforts on promoting psychedelic music events and djing full-on night time psy. Recently, due to a fried brain and a giant metaphorical chill-pill, Blajke has begun taking sound design much more seriously... leading to the current manifestation of Blatwax.
Writing on the Wall
there are two bands called Writing on the Wall:
1) Writing On the Wall were a psychedelic/progressive rock band from Scotland. They moved to London and became the house band at the Middle Earth club, and later released the Power Of The Picts album in 1970. Original copies of the album are now very valuable, but upon its release many radio stations considered the sound to be too heavy for airplay. 2) Writing on the Wall-Rap Instrumentals. They are fly as fuck.